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Are you tired of seeing white people on screen?
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:14 pm
She is
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I love film. I love what Hollywood could be, but I must say that I don't love what it is, and that is a machine generating story after story in which the audience is asked to root for a white (usually male) hero over and over and over (and over) again. I'm tired. I'm tired of directors pretending that white actors are the default and that people of color are a distraction when it comes to filmmaking. I'm tired of black women in Hollywood being relegated to roles of slaves and "the help" over and over again.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:15 pm to DallasTiger11
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I'm tired of black women in Hollywood being relegated to roles of slaves and "the help" over and over again.
Me too.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:15 pm to DallasTiger11
HuffPo
She is trolling for clicks. She sounds idiotic.
She is trolling for clicks. She sounds idiotic.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:16 pm to DallasTiger11
She must have not seen Man on Fire.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:16 pm to DallasTiger11
Can't be self selection.
Can't be that whites may have some advantages like (wealth, parents who care for them, etc) for pursuing a career in the arts, which therefore causes there to be more white actors
Can't be that due to more white people choosing this profession, that odds are in their favor.
Nope, Hollywood is just being racist as frick.
Let's also throw out, who is the general movie audience with the most money to see movies? I'm going to guess white people.
Can't be that whites may have some advantages like (wealth, parents who care for them, etc) for pursuing a career in the arts, which therefore causes there to be more white actors
Can't be that due to more white people choosing this profession, that odds are in their favor.
Nope, Hollywood is just being racist as frick.
Let's also throw out, who is the general movie audience with the most money to see movies? I'm going to guess white people.
This post was edited on 7/29/14 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:19 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Can't be self selection.
Can't be that whites may have some advantages like (wealth, parents who care for them, etc) for pursuing a career in the arts, which therefore causes there to be more white actors
Can't be that due to more white people choosing this profession, that odds are in their favor.
Nope, Hollywood is just being racist as frick.
Let's also throw out, who is the general movie audience with the most money to see movies? I'm going to guess white people.
Hey we are gonna get nowhere with that kind of talk
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:25 pm to DallasTiger11
Well, if we go by population statistics 15% of movie characters being black sounds about right.
They just happen to all be in Tyler Perry movies.
They just happen to all be in Tyler Perry movies.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:29 pm to DallasTiger11
She must not have ever heard of Halle Berry, Zoe Saldana, Vivica A. Fox, Regina King, Kerry Washington, Queen Latifah, or Thandie Newton.
Don't get me wrong, Hollywood is dominated by white guys. In fact, it's dominated by Jews. But black women are far from relegated to slaves and the help. Halle Berry and Zoe Saldana have both starred as superheroes, for instance.
But you want to know the truth about life?... Okay, lean in close... America is mostly white. :GASP!: No shite most of Hollywood's stars are also white. You know what's disproportionate? The N-B-GODDAMN-A. What is it, like 90% black? Despite the fact that blacks make up less than 15% of America? OOOOOoooRABBLERABBLERABBLE. fricking hate these people.
Don't get me wrong, Hollywood is dominated by white guys. In fact, it's dominated by Jews. But black women are far from relegated to slaves and the help. Halle Berry and Zoe Saldana have both starred as superheroes, for instance.
But you want to know the truth about life?... Okay, lean in close... America is mostly white. :GASP!: No shite most of Hollywood's stars are also white. You know what's disproportionate? The N-B-GODDAMN-A. What is it, like 90% black? Despite the fact that blacks make up less than 15% of America? OOOOOoooRABBLERABBLERABBLE. fricking hate these people.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:32 pm to LoveThatMoney
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But you want to know the truth about life?... Okay, lean in close... America is mostly white. :GASP!: No shite most of Hollywood's stars are also white. You know what's disproportionate? The N-B-GODDAMN-A. What is it, like 90% black? Despite the fact that blacks make up less than 15% of America? OOOOOoooRABBLERABBLERABBLE. fricking hate these people.
I'm SO TIRED of black guys being named MVP of the NBA.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:33 pm to DallasTiger11
Blacks are getting their own starring roles without being stereotyped, but it's really Asians that are getting the shaft in all this. Aside from Jackie Chan films, name one American movie where an Asian is the lead/main character? Maybe the Harold and Kumar films? Whitewashing has gotten ridiculous with Asian inspired films, and that needs to change.
This post was edited on 7/29/14 at 6:35 pm
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:37 pm to LoveThatMoney
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She must not have ever heard of Halle Berry, Zoe Saldana, Vivica A. Fox, Regina King, Kerry Washington, Queen Latifah, or Thandie Newton.
Yep. If anything, it's the black men getting the shaft. How many movies can you name off the top of your head with a black male lead that has a white chick fall for him? I bet if I asked you the other way around with a black female and a white male, some images are coming to mind.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:37 pm to DallasTiger11
There are enough major black stars like:
Morgan Freeman
Denzel Washington
Will Smith
Jamie Foxx
Samuel L Jackson
Eddie Murphy
where I think she should feel pretty well represented as a black person, if not a woman
Morgan Freeman
Denzel Washington
Will Smith
Jamie Foxx
Samuel L Jackson
Eddie Murphy
where I think she should feel pretty well represented as a black person, if not a woman
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:40 pm to OMLandshark
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How many movies can you name off the top of your head with a black male lead that has a white chick fall for him?
In the movie Obsessed, Idris Elba was married to Beyoncé and Ali Larter was trying to bang him
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:42 pm to DallasTiger11
This is not only race-baiting, it's outright bullshite.
Movies must do well their opening weekend, and blacks -- for whatever reason -- will "open" a film (that is, attend in large numbers on the opening weekend).
As a result scripts will have black characters added, white characters changed to black, and there will even be things like The Honeymooners movie, which was passed around for years until the script was changed to be a black version, when it got greenlighted quickly. All because blacks open.
Movies must do well their opening weekend, and blacks -- for whatever reason -- will "open" a film (that is, attend in large numbers on the opening weekend).
As a result scripts will have black characters added, white characters changed to black, and there will even be things like The Honeymooners movie, which was passed around for years until the script was changed to be a black version, when it got greenlighted quickly. All because blacks open.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:46 pm to DallasTiger11
Isn't that what Tyler Perry movies are for?
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:53 pm to OMLandshark
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Whitewashing has gotten ridiculous with Asian inspired films, and that needs to change.
Well here's the other thing: like the rest of America, Hollywood is prone to nepotism. In fact, I would say that Hollywood is more than prone to nepotism--they openly embrace it. Many people are related in some fashion to each other. But regardless of that, the simple truth of who you know will get you the job more than your qualifications certainly is true in Hollywood.
Who do white people know? White people. It's only natural.
Additionally, that sentiment trickles down to the writers--I would venture to guess that most writers in Hollywood are white because they are the ones that get their stuff read thanks to their connections with agents/readers (mostly white) or because they are the ones that had connections to get into UCLA film school or because they had the money to frick off in L.A. for years while doing nothing but writing, whatever. Point being, most Hollywood writers are white. What do people tend to write about? Things they know about. What do white people know about? The slums of Southside Chicago, right? I mean seriously, they write about white people because they know about white people.
MOREOVER, Hollywood is a business. The major movie studios know that (a) there are more white people in America than black people and (b) minorities have no issue going to see a movie starring mostly white actors. Economically, there is a much larger pool from which to collect money.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 6:58 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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parents who care for them
I mean. Wow
Posted on 7/29/14 at 7:03 pm to DallasTiger11
The time has come for more diversity in the sports world.
Starting next year all sports teams from college through Pro sports must adhere to statistics.
Whites make up 72%
Blacks make up 13%
All sports teams starting next year should reflect these statistics or the teams will be forced to forfeit.
Can't wait to see the 5% Asians playing in the NBA.
Starting next year all sports teams from college through Pro sports must adhere to statistics.
Whites make up 72%
Blacks make up 13%
All sports teams starting next year should reflect these statistics or the teams will be forced to forfeit.
Can't wait to see the 5% Asians playing in the NBA.
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